Category: School

One of the fringe benefits of being an English or History teacher is receiving the occasional jewel of a student blooper in an essay. I have pasted together the following “history” of the world from certifiably genuine student bloopers collected by teachers throughout the United States, from eighth grade through college level. Read carefully, and…

Here is an explanation of the school homework policy:

When I first started college, the Dean came in and said “Good Morning” to all of us. When we echoed back to him, he responded “Ah, you’re Freshmen.” He explained, “When you walk in and say good morning, and they say good morning back, it’s Freshmen. When they put their newspapers down and open their…